Phil Billingham on lessons learned from breaking a world record

Phil Billingham on lessons learned from breaking a world record

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Not every adviser is a record breaker. So, what did Phil Billingham and pals learn from their daunting travel challenge?

This article could be titled: 'A tour of the motorway embankments of Europe'. Most readers will be aware of our attempt to break the world record of being in the most countries in 24 hours - previously standing at 17. Well, we achieved it. We in this case being myself, Shannon Currie of Perceptive Planning, Duncan Mackenzie of Mackenzie Investment Strategies and Gerry Mulligan, who works for W L Gore (of Gore-Tex fame) Having had a few days to reflect - and sleep! - what are our thoughts? What did we learn? 1 Planning is everything: It did not always go to plan, but the team kne...

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